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Resumes and More

Liberal Arts Career Services can help you craft resumes, cover letters and other job or internship related correspondence. The links below offer guidelines and ideas as well as sample documents available to download. Once you have created a first draft, we recommend you visit a career advisor to review your document to ensure you are properly highlighting your skills and qualities. Advising times are listed in our calendar section.

Cover Letters

Learn how to write an effective cover letter and view sample cover letters with a variety of job objectives.

Employment Correspondence

Get tips on writing effective employment correspondence, including thank you, job offer/decline and follow-up letters and e-mail.

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References and Letters of Recommendation

Job searching requires that you find at least 3 people who have agreed to serve as your references.  Some organizations even require applicants to send in letters of recommendation.  In this section learn more about who your references or recommenders should be and how to ask for their help. 

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Resumes

Learn everything you need to know about writing a resume and view sample resumes representing different majors, jobs, internships and industries.

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Please note: This site is updated regularly, but websites and other information change quickly, so please let us know if any links don’t work or information is incorrect.  Also, if you find a particularly helpful source which you think should be included on this site, please let us know.